Hi,
I’m Immaculata, a researcher and artist in Enugu, Nigeria.
Listen to my Sweet Medicine (podcast) where I talk with other Nigerian researchers about how we can orient ourselves and communities towards social healing and why the Humanities is central to this endeavour.
for my career bio, visit here.
portfolio highlights
The Fire in My Memory, winner of 2023 Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction
on life after the Sosoliso plane crash.
Whom Did He Love?,
The Brooklyn Rail (2022) hard to say that any one thing is my favourite thing I’ve written but this is often it.
Whom Did He Love?,
The Brooklyn Rail (2022) hard to say that any one thing is my favourite thing I’ve written but this is often it.
✻ Sweet Medicine (2024), podcast, on how the humanities can offer Nigeria much-needed social healing today.
You Matter to Me,
short film - winner of the Rising Star award, S16 Film Festival 2023
You Matter to Me,
short film - winner of the Rising Star award, S16 Film Festival 2023
Will Africapitalism Save Africa?, Le Temps (2022)
Can Green Hydrogen tackle Nigeria’s persistent energy poverty?, Unbias the News (2023)
Can Green Hydrogen tackle Nigeria’s persistent energy poverty?, Unbias the News (2023)
In the Dark in Nigeria, Popula (2023)
on what poor electricity does to our minds.
Face the Music, Wuruwuru/ Wax Poetics (2023)
on re-constructed Nigerian identities in 1970s album covers.
on what poor electricity does to our minds.
Face the Music, Wuruwuru/ Wax Poetics (2023)
on re-constructed Nigerian identities in 1970s album covers.
Unless otherwise stated, all images and writing on this website were made by Immaculata Abba.
Copyright: Immaculata Abba (2017 - 2025)